A word about 08/09 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice hockey

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When I first heard about the return of Collector’s Choice hockey this year after a 10 year hiatus, I was super stoked. Sure there were no do-it-yourself-bobbleheads like the 98/99 release, but it would feature the triumphant return of Stick Ums. Stick Ums! Goofy little stickers in my hockey set rule!

But today, I found out Upper Deck went and screwed it all up. What could possibly make a set featuring Stick Ums suck? How about 100 short prints in the “low end” base set? Does it for me.

I really wanted to like this one, too. I was ready to drop some cash for a box so I could get a couple stickers and put the 95/96 looking set together. Instead, it’ll take 3 boxes and around $100 bucks. I guess the bright side of that would be more Stick Ums, but 6 stickers isn’t worth 100 bucks. No way, no how.

Maybe I should be thanking Upper Deck for saving me $30 in these tough economic times. After all, I’m planning on adding another baseball set to my stable with Goudey this year, and I still have all those older sets to work on, too.

So thanks, Upper Deck, for helping me save my money by screwing up a perfectly good former release.